Susan Cachel (born 1949) is an American anthropologist, paleontologist, and researcher who specializes in primate evolution. In 2009, she was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for her work in the field of primate evolution.
Cachel has a B.A. (1970), M.A. (1971), and a Ph.D. (1976) from the University of Chicago. Her Ph.D. thesis advisor was R.H. Tuttle. She has been at Rutgers University since 1977.